Customer Reviews:
 For the price, you cant beat it. July 26, 2010
DefJF
Other than the sound, this TV is exactly what i was looking for. Connections for just about anything.
Not as bad I expected. July 21, 2010
B. Eapen (NJ)
The picture is great and sound is horrible. But overall it's not at all bad. I think for the monies I paid this is fairly good TV.
 Works as a monitor and a TV, but not great as either. July 4, 2010
Captain Practical
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my mom who wanted to use the same display for her TV and computer monitor to save some desk space. The price was great, and since it's LED backlit the size is perfect. That's about all it has going for it, though.
Construction: Very light and slim, which is great. The base is very flimsy, though. I was afraid it would break every time I hooked up one of the connections. Also, it's tilted back at about 10-15 degrees, and not adjustable. This is a good angle for use as a monitor, but no good when using as a TV since the viewing angles are not very good on this display.
Picture: As a Monitor: Picture on the VGA connection for the CPU is good, but for some reason it looks terrible when using HDMI from a video card with HDMI output (same result from the DVI port using a DVI-HDMI converter). I know what I'm doing when it comes to setting the correct resolution and all that, but the output through HDMI is just bad compared to VGA, which is the opposite of how it should be. It's much too bright, and none of the video presets are good for use as a monitor, had to use the user-defined settings, which aren't great. Viewing angles are bad as mentioned before, but about what you would expect for the price.
As a TV: Hi-Def signals look good. Standard-def TV looks pretty bad, and 4:3 ratio signals centered on a 24" widescreen look smaller than I expected. Again, the video presets are lousy, and I had to use the user-defined setting, meaning I have to adjust it every time I switch back and forth from VGA to TV input (something too complex for my mom to do). The noise-reduction filter also only has 3 settings which range from too weak to too strong. The warm and cool filters are both way too strong.
Sound: As has already been covered by other reviews, it's beyond bad. It sounds like you're sitting next to someone at the library who has their headphones on full-blast. Using external CPU speakers instead.
Menu: The menu is slow and unresponsive, too small for my mom to read, things are not where you would expect them to be. The options you get are context-dependent, meaning the menu looks different for every type of signal, so you don't know what your options will be before you connect the signal. It took me like half an hour to set the favorite-channel presets, only to learn that the interface for selecting the favorites is more cumbersome than just inputting the channel number.
Remote: Not good. It has few buttons (which are small and hard to press), but for some reason the remote itself is bigger than any other remote I have. The button labels are too small for my mom to read (ironically they put Braille next to the only 3 buttons that are already easy to find by feel). It doesn't work unless pointed directly at the IR receiver, and since the TV is so sluggish, you constantly think you missed and end up hitting the button twice - very frustrating.
Connections: This is fine. It has one of everything you need. Could use one more HDMI. I haven't tested any other HDMI devices besides the CPU, so I can't say if those would look as bad as the CPU did on HDMI. Switching inputs is a pain because the menu is so slow, and instead of just switching to the next input with one button press like most displays, you have to select the input you want from a drop-down list.
Overall: It makes a decent 24" monitor using the D-Sub connection, but you could get an equivalent monitor for much less money. What you're paying for here is the TV-Tuner, and as a TV it's disappointing (if you plan on using the built-in speakers, don't even think about buying this for use as a TV). It is very sleek, slim, and light, though, if that's important to you. I would would spend some more dough on something better next time around.
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